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Category Archives: Social media marketing
Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation – What Should Be Done With It? Can It.
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
New Draft Industry Canada Regulations Issued for Comment for Canada’s Anti-spam Legislation (CASL)
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
Webinar: Key Canadian Advertising and Competition Law Compliance Strategies
I am pleased to be a panelist for an upcoming Canadian/U.S. advertising law webinar hosted by Strafford on January 8, 2013: Key Canadian Advertising and Competition Law Compliance Strategies. Description The Canadian Competition Act contains civil and criminal prohibitions on misleading representations and regulates specific … Read the rest of this entry »
Contests: Wolf Hunt Contest Illustrates Importance of Criminal Code Compliance Review for Contests
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Issues Second Report on Kids’ Apps and Privacy, Launches Investigations
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a very interesting new report on kids’ apps and privacy entitled: Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade (see: here and here) (and announced new investigations). The FTC’s new report examines the privacy disclosures … Read the rest of this entry »
Quebec Lottery Case Illustrates Importance of Good Contracts for Lotteries, Contests and Promotions
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
Defamation: Careful what you Tweet – social media defamation – RCMP officer sues over sex tweets (with 10 tips to avoid defaming someone)
Guest post by Christine Duhaime (Duhaime Law) Defamation by Tweet? In one of BC’s first ever Twitter defamation actions, RCMP officer James Brown, has filed a civil claim against a Vancouver lawyer and three other defendants over, among other things, sexual, or sexually-related content disseminated … Read the rest of this entry »
New App Privacy Guidelines: Federal and Provincial Privacy Commissioners Issue New App Privacy Guidelines
Late last month, the Federal Privacy Commissioner and Alberta and British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioners issued new privacy guidelines for mobile app developers to assist them in complying with Canadian privacy laws. In making the announcement, the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s office said: “The mobile … Read the rest of this entry »